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	AtariProtos.com - All Your Protos Are Belong To Us!
		On wave 10 the symbol is a Pac-Man, on wave 12 the symbol is the Atari logo, and on wave 14, the symbol is the initials JT (for programmer Joe Tung).
		While Galaxian may have been a unique concept back in 1979, by the time the 5200 version was released in 1982 it had been vastly improved upon by its sequel Galaga.
		Galaxian was yet another arcade license that helped the 5200 claim its place as the 'Home Arcade' system.
	www.atariprotos.com /5200/software/galaxian/galaxian.htm (552 words)

	AtariProtos.com - All Your Protos Are Belong To Us!
		According to programmer Mark Ackerman, the reason Galaxian is able to display up to eight objects on is that "You freak out the graphics chip by strobing the registers in exactly the right order at the right times".
		While Galaxian may have been a unique concept back in 1979, by the time the 2600 version was released in 1983 it had been vastly improved upon by its sequel Galaga.
		Galaxian was yet another arcade license that helped the 2600 become the most popular system of its day.
	www.atariprotos.com /2600/software/galaxian/galaxian.htm (378 words)

	Galaxian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Galaxian expanded on the formula pioneered by Space Invaders.
		The "official" highest score in a game of Galaxian was achieved by Gary Whelan of Manchester, England on 13 August 2004 when he managed to amass a total of 399,290 points.
		Galaxian was one of the most widely pirated motherboards during the early 80s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Galaxian (1076 words)

	ClassicGaming.com - Game of the Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		While the two games share the same concept of controlling a ship at the bottom of the screen and shooting at rows of evil alien ships at the top of the screen, the games are very different as far as gameplay and strategy goes.
		In Galaxian, the ships can be shot while standing "still" in formation (and even that isn't exactly easy, since the formation moves back and forth and changes direction frequently), or when they fly down to attack you.
		Galaxian is a fairly difficult game, and I find it difficult to break 20,000 points even after two months of on and off play.
	www.classicgaming.com /rotw/galaxian.shtml (1355 words)

	Return of Arcade Anniversary Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		With the introduction of Galaxian in 1979, players were transported to the most colorful and challenging space battle yet.
		In Galaxian™, you head for deep space to destroy the alien flagship and its endless stream of escort vessels.
		Once Galaxian was released, Namco knew they had a winner because, as one engineer reported, "People [at the arcades] piled their coins onto the game cabinets to keep playing, and those who were waiting were very irritated because their turn never came..."
	www.microsoft.com /games/arcade2/galaxian.asp (92 words)

	Phosphor-Dot Fossils: Galaxian
		Galaxian may not be as well remembered as the much more strategically challenging Galaga, but it ultimately added a vital new twist to the Space Invaders-inspired genre, a format which was badly in danger of becoming stale.
		Galaxian was also the first arcade video game to use a color display instead of a monochrome monitor with translucent colored overlays.
		Galaxian was a relatively simple game to adapt for home play, but it didn't arrive in Atari 2600 form for several years.
	www.thelogbook.com /phosphor/galaxiav.html (314 words)

	Galaxian PCB Modifications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Converting Galaxian to run both Galaxian and Pacman using a 27256 EPROM (not yet finished).
		Install the socket into the Galaxian main logic board at location 7F (the right most socket, as facing the PCB with the edge connector towards the ceiling, that held the satellite board), aligning the inserted socket pin 14 with PCB socket pin 12.
		Galaxian PCB Pinout and using Galaxian in a Pacman Cabinet.
	marvin3m.com /video/galpac.htm (1618 words)

	Galaxian - Atari 5200
		Galaxian battle strategy is to attack in a succession of accelerating waves; each wave fiercer than the last.
		The highest score is displayed at the bottom, left corner of the screen, and remains on the screen until the power on the 5200 console is turned off.
		All GALAXIAN games may be played by one or two players, each taking turns until their command ship is destroyed.
	www.ozyr.com /a5200/galaxian.html (1463 words)

	[No title]
		Galaxian for ION - Programmed by Patrick Davidson Sam Heald October 21, 1999 ----- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------------------------------------------- I. Galaxian is a small shoot-em-up game for the TI-83(+) calculator.
		Since Galaxian technology at that time was not advanced enough for long-range space travel, most of the craft did not make it.
		Galaxian 2.0 Added a instruction screen(tired of people asking how to shoot!) Added a contrast changer Size increased by 400 bytes Galaxian 2.1 Fixed that contrast routine with a more stable and bug-free routine.
	www.angelfire.com /games/calc/galaxian.txt (2033 words)

	AGH 5200 Review -- Galaxian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Never mind that Galaxian was getting long on the tooth by the time, or that the company was also planning a 2600 version of the game less than a year later.
		Graphically speaking, 5200 Galaxian is faithful to the blockbuster coin-op.
		What brings 5200 Galaxian down a notch, however, is in the swooping of the enemies (or lack thereof.) This home version's enemies don't quite fly down and attack with the same amount of fluidity that is found in the original.
	www.atarihq.com /reviews/5200/galaxian.html (254 words)

	Galaxian - StrategyWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Galaxian is officially the first video arcade game to produce true RGB color.
		Galaxian expanded on Space Invaders by allowing units to break away from the formation and go on bombing runs directed at the player.
		Galaxian has been released on many different systems, and has accumulated a wide range of box artwork, some of which is displayed below.
	strategywiki.org /wiki/Galaxian (331 words)

	MAWS - showing resource: galaxian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Galaxian had smarter bad guys than "Space Invaders", and it demanded that the player really pay attention to what was going on.
		The hard ones (usually the blue Galaxians) to kill are the ones where the Galaxian ''bounces'' from side-to-side dropping shots since those shots cover a very large area.
		When the Galaxians come down firing, their shots do not come straight down but they angle toward the direction that the Galaxian is traveling.
	www.mameworld.net /maws/romset/galaxian (2314 words)

	Bally Midway Galaxian : Coin-Op : Arcade : ggdb.com
		Galaxian, released in 1979 was the first game to use a true color monitor and one of Bally Midway’s earlier hits.
		Galaxian’s cabinet features very colorful artwork depicting the alien attack.
		The examples shown here show the actual dimensional weight for the game, and then given an estimated shipping dimensional weight assuming that 5" of packing material is needed in each dimension.
	www.ggdb.com /GameByName.aspx?vid=1046 (189 words)

	Galaxian PCB Modifications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Modifying Galaxian to use One 27256 EPROM and run 2 games, and change between them with a switch.
		This include two different versions of Galaxian, the graphics ROM images at 1H and 1K, and the color PROM 32x8 BiPolar 82S123 at location 6L.
		This document describes how to take a Midway Galaxian PCB (printed circuitry board) and modify it to use a single 27128 EPROM instead of five 2716 EPROMs that live on the satellite PCB.
	marvin3m.com /video/galaxian.htm (1419 words)

	Twin Galaxies Forums :: View topic - NEW World Record on Galaxian After Almost 20 Years !!
		"Galaxian" was the grandfather or the genre of titles where enemies came down at you from the top of the screen while you shot upwards.
		Eventially, and historically, it was on August 13th of the year 2004 that Gary managed to pull off a new world record score of 399,290 points on "Galaxian", just coming shy of 400K, but managing to establish Gary as one of the new world champion at "Galaxian", a proud moment indeed.
		Some "Galaxian" players will strategically control which enemies they destroy first, in anticipation of the end-of-wave "swarms" that are the hardest part of the game, minimizing the chance for a "swarm" to appear at all.
	www.twingalaxies.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t=3467&highlight=galaxian (5690 words)

	GameHippo.com : ARCADE/CLASSIC : GALAXIAN
		This is a pretty standard Galaxian clone in which you have to fight insects.
		There are three different weapons at your disposal: a fast gun with limited ammunition, a slower, more powerful gun with unlimited ammunition, but lower range and a gun which shoots horizontally instead of vertically, to kill off enemies that are close to the ground.
		This is a Galaxian incarnation in a smaller format both with respect to the game scene and its longevity.
	www.gamehippo.com /cat/3-11_1.shtml (1235 words)

	Derek's Basement Arcade Galaxian Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Galaxian was the very first color video game.
		Galaxian was licensed by Midway and the first to be housed in the Pac-man style cabinet.
		Galaga is a direct descendent of Galaxian and is one of the most popular classic games but quite plentiful to find..
	thelittons.net /homearcade/Galaxian (109 words)

	Galaxian / Galaga - AtariAge Forums
		Galaxian has some good graphics but the gameplay goes boring very soon.
		Galaxian may be some kind of Space Invaders clone but you can't deny that Galaxian has better graphics than Space Invaders (boring green) and the sound effects are more elaborate, also the enemies move in more interesting ways than just slide along right or left like in SI.
		Phoenix is a more complex game with several screens along the way, Galaxian was more intended to be a "First Wave" alien attack, there are no subsequent screens or scenarios so you should compare it to Space Invaders instead of Phoenix.
	www.atariage.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=6943 (714 words)

	Galaxian
		To look at Galaxian could be mistaken for just another inferior Space Invader clone.
		That being the case Galaxian is right up there in the top ten.
		If someone says to you they are a hardcore gamer, especially the younger generation, push or shove them in the direction of Galaxian and get them to prove it, few will prove their claim.
	freespace.virgin.net /james.handlon/galaxian.htm (507 words)

	Galaxian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Similar in theme to the seminal Space Invaders, Galaxian was the first arcade game to use true RGB color.
		Galaxian innovated on this formula by having the insect-like aliens periodically make kamikaze-like dives at the player's ship.
		The highest ever score in a game of Galaxian was achieved by Gary Whelan of Manchester, England on 13 August 2004 when he managed to amass a total of 399,290 points.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/galaxian (385 words)

	Galaxian for Atari 8-bit - MobyGames
		Galaxian is a shoot 'em up in which the player is at the bottom of the screen, with an arrangement of aliens at the top.
		Galaxian (and its clone, Cosmic Crusader) get away with relatively high framerates on the original 4.77MHz PC because they don't use the entire screen for a playfield; the right fifth of the screen (64 pixels) is unused.
		Another side-effect of shortening the playfield to a width of 256 pixels is the optimization of game calculations, stemming from the fact that horizontal coordinates fit in a single byte instead of two.
	www.mobygames.com /game/atari-8-bit/galaxian (332 words)

	Galaxian v1.4 - ticalc.org
		Galaxian is a Space Invaders type game where you are a ship on the bottom of the screen and UFOs are coming down to earth.
		Galaxian does a good job at keeping the speed rather constant.
		Galaxian also has a laser weapon that destroys all of the UFOs above your ship in it's line-of-fire.
	www.ticalc.org /archives/files/fileinfo/58/5834.html (463 words)

	Atari 5200 -- Galaxian (Manual)
		You start the game with three intergalactic command ships--one at the line of battle and two reserves at the top, center of the screen as shown in Figure 1.
		Point scoring depends upon the military rank of each Galaxian you destroy (see Figure 6 and POINT VALUES TABLE).
		In the case of a two-player game using two 5200 controllers, the player using jack 1 is player 1.
	www.atarihq.com /5200/manuals/galaxian.html (1595 words)

	eBay - Game: Galaxian (UPC: 07700002684) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In GALAXIAN, you’ll enjoy four types of alien dive bombers, nine skill levels, and an unlimited supply of bullets.
		Here's yet another game which provided 2600 fans with what they wanted -- a solid translation of an arcade game which was a bit lacking in the graphics department, but retained the elements which made folks waste quarter after quarter in the arcades.
		Galaxian, a space shooter obviously influenced by Space Invaders (another arcade classic which translated well to the Atari 2600) is another one of those repetitive games which everyone was nuts about in the early 1980s.
	product.ebay.com /Galaxian_UPC_07700002684_W0QQfvcsZ1453QQsoprZ6126 (343 words)

	Atari 2600 Galaxian Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Galaxian is one of my favorite Atari 2600 games!
		In Galaxian, like in Space Invaders, you control a spaceship positioned at the bottom of the screen pointing up.
		There are two ways to get killed in Galaxian: 1) if you are hit by an alien ship or 2) if you are shot by one of the aliens.
	www.angelfire.com /tv2/atari2600/games/galaxian.html (159 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Galaxian Invasion Continued The Galaxian invasion start off with a bang.
		Game Variations GALAXIAN includes 6 game variations: Game 1 One-player Novice 2 One-player Intermediate 3 One-player Advanced 4 Two-player Novice 5 Two-player Intermediate 6 Two-player Advanced Game Strategy When a Flagship is destroyed in flight in waves 1 through 14 the rest of the fleet stops firing for a few seconds of mourning.
		Some members of the Galaxian fleet are incredibly difficult to destroy, but with practice you'll outsmart them!
	home.comcast.net /~mycoleco/galaxian.txt (954 words)

	Ad-Blurbs for Galaxian
		Blast away at four types of Galaxian dive-bombers, each with their own attack patterns, and advance through nine skill levels.
		Wave after wave of fierce Galaxian warriors are descending upon the planet.
		Beware of the Galaxian fleet, for it is fast and strong, and experience in battle.
	www.mobygames.com /game/apple2/galaxian/adblurbs (338 words)

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